Between 30 and 40 housing units from the city of Malaga Almogia, at the foot of the Montes de Málaga regionthey were flooded this Wednesday due to the heavy rains that fell in this municipality in the Guadalhorce Valley region, which, along with the western Costa del Sol and the Axarquía region, remains on red alert due to heavy rainfall.
This was confirmed to Europa Press by the city’s mayor, Antonia García, who regretted that both the fall of intense rains and the overflow of the León stream (a tributary of the Campanillas river) had destroyed the works carried out. by the city’s municipal council. return it to the municipality after the passage of DANA on October 29.
“We have 163 square kilometers of surface and the damage that we suffered on the 29th, all the repairs that we were doing, because, above all, we dedicated ourselves to opening paths for people to get in and out of their homes and then repair. . . And everything we had done, finally everything was destroyed. The fact is that we have practically 200 kilometers of destroyed tracks on municipal territory. Many have disappeared, others are practically impassable. And we have bridges that are overflowing, even if on this occasion the storm did not wash them away,” he explained.
The mayor confirmed the difficult situation they experienced in the area of Barranco del Solwhere, according to a statement sent by residents of the area where around 220 people reside, the overflow of the León stream caused “the disappearance of an entire neighborhood regarding access roads, electricity and water and any other infrastructure referring to a human settlement of this century.
García clarified that in the urban area of Almogía, where approximately 2,000 people out of the approximately 4,500 in the entire municipal area reside, there have been basements, garages and first floors of houses flooded which are located around municipal sports facilities. “All this without regretting the harm caused to people nor the victims. “Everyone was responsible and respected the alerts that we sent through the network and municipal communications and bylaws,” he added.
